- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: October 04, 1992
Time: 175
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Operator: El Al
Flight #: 1862
Route: Amsterdam - Tel Aviv
AC Type: Boeing B-747-258F
Registration: 4X-AXG
cn / ln: 21737/362
Aboard: 4   (passengers:1  crew:3)
Fatalities: 4   (passengers:1  crew:3)
Ground: 39
Summary: Shortly after taking off from Schiphol Airport, while climbing through 6,500 feet, the No. 3 engine separated with its pylon from the aircraft and damaged the leading edge of the right wing. The No. 3 engine separated in such a way that the No. 4 engine and pylon also separated from the wing. During an attempted return to the airport, the aircraft crashed into a 11 story building in the Bijlmermeer residential district. The design and certification of the B-747 pylon was found to be inadequate to provide the required level of safety. The system to ensure structural integrity by inspection failed. The separation of the No. 3 engine was initiated by fatigue (corrosion) in the inboard midspar fuse pin. This led to loss of the No. 4 engine and pylon and damage to several systems which ultimately led to loss of control of the aircraft. This was the second accident attributed to the same cause. Boeing soon after changed the fuse pin design.
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